Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Eight
I’ve been asked to put off my adventure review for a week, so I’m pressing forward with the back half of Chapter Two in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. This includes traps, downtime activity, and magic items, all of them quite ...
Creatures of Vathis: Volume One Kickstarter
Starcalled Studios LLC has launched their second Kickstarter campaign. The campaign to fund a first print run of Creatures of Vathis: Volume One, a bestiary with statistics and descriptions for both The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Fifth Edition Dungeons and ...
Fangs for the Memories! Vampire NPC’s
There are many ways you can use Vampires, unliving blood drinkers in your games. Here are some questions to run through to help you define them as ongoing antagonists. Which creatures do you allow to return from the grave? – ...
Action Points Revisited – Hero & Villain Points (5e)
Back in October, I looked at three alternatives to Inspiration for D&D Fifth Edition. One of the three alternatives I looked at was Action Points (or Hero Points). This week on the Campaign Trail, I’m looking at tweaking Action Points ...
Unearthed Arcana: Into the Wild Breakdown
This month’s Unearthed Arcana takes us on a journey. That’s the, um, topic. Journeys? Anyway, this is a rules module for when hour-by-hour wandering through a wilderness region isn’t right for the situation. As Mearls explains in the intro, this ...
Animal Companions & Familiars
Need some ideas to spice up having animal companions and familiars? try these on for size! – Reincarnated Sibling When you grew up and your sibling got slain and then reincarnated, or just transmuted in some way into an animal. ...
Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Seven
Hey, it’s Part Seven and we’re finally out of Chapter One! I expect Chapter Two to go a good bit faster, as we get into optional rules modules and suggested handling for unusual cases. Still, there’s a lot here, and ...
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (D&D 5e) – May 2018 Release ...
Read our full review of Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Added: Just got the official press release. I have added the details to this story. It looks like we’re getting content for DMs and players. Most interesting is that it looks like ...
NAVAL COMBAT for D&D 5e Preview
Hey everyone! I know we’ve been quiet for a while, but we have some PDFs in the pipeline. The next one up will be the ‘NAVAL COMBAT (5e) – Running Sea Encounters for Ships & Monsters‘. It’s clocking in at ...
Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Six
After a month-and-a-bit to cover a few other things, I’m back to continue my deep dive into Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Today, I’ll finish up Chapter One with This Is Your Life and Racial Feats. On the plus side, this ...